The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, August 22, 1912, Image 1
The
Barnwell
VOL. XXXV
BARNWELL. S. G., THURSDAY. AUGUST 22.1912
BLEASE ON TILLMAN
SAYS HE DOES NOT NEED THE
SENATOR'S SUPPORT
JONES TALK OF ISSUES
“I M Well QuaUlleii to be Governor
as Tillman or Anybody Else," Says
Governor Blease. — Peoples and
Earle Says They Are Blease for
Governor.
Thomas H. Peeples ai.tt J. R. Earle
came out for Blease. This declara
tion of preference as tw the leading
candidates for governor by two of th<f
four candidates for attorney-general
was the news feature of the State
campaign meeting in Laurens.
Fairly good order was kept by the
crowd of 3,000 persons, which filled a
natural ampltheater at the edge of
the town, except that the chairman
HOW HE FOOLED HER
YOI NG WOMAN ANSWERED AD-
YEHTISEMENT FOR WIFE.
The Brute She Married in That Way
Deserted Her in Three Days After
Marriage.
Marry in baste and repent at leis
ure was the fate of pretty Mrs. Con
way G. Hutcheson, formerly Miss
Mary McEachin, and a daughter of a
farmer of Brooker, Ua., according to
the story she told Chief Beavers
Tuesday morning when she asked
-that he-find the husband wlio, she al
leges, deserted her after they had
been married three days.
The girl, who is only twenty, lived
on a big farm about ten miles from
Hazlehurst, Ga., and she had never
met Hutcheson until she answered an
advertisement for a wife. The adver-
tisemtnt read: "Wanted a good coun
try girl for a wife. Am a rich Vir
ginian. No one but a country girl
need apply."
Soon letters were exchanged. Then
protographs, and finally the man call
FORTUNE IN BANKS
■-
BECKER, THE NEW YORK CROOK,
GOT HIGH SHIELDING
THE DENS OF INIQUITY
In Less Than Nine Month This Dis
honest Police Lieutenant Has I>e*
posited Nearly Sixty Thousand Dol
lars Received from Crooks of all
Kinds for Protecting Them.
HELD UP THE COURT
TOOK BOY CONVICTED OF MUR
DER AND LYNCHED HIM.
Powerful banking interests, acting
York
The Unmasked Mob Penned the Dep
uty in the Court Room and Went
Away With Negro.
Holding up the court officials in the
courthouse at Columbus, Ga., at pis
tols’ points, a mob of about forty
men, In open broad daylight, Tuesday
afternoon about five o’clock, took T.
ft. Cotton, alias T. C. McElhenny, a
rilxteen-year-old negro, on trial, and
Ijnched him Just beyond the city
limits.
The negro had been convicted of
SEVERAL DETROIT ALDERMEN
HAD MARKED BILLS
GIVEN THEM BY BURNS
CAUGHT WITH GRAFT » express car
To Pass Certain Important Measures
Through the City Council for the
Benefit of the Wabash Railroad,
and Eighteen of Them Have Been
Arrested Charged With Grafting.
Prosecuting Attorney Sheppard of
Detroit, announced Wednesday after
noon that Edward Schreltor, deposed
John M. Cannon was unable to get a|ed at the girl's borne, where his pol-
hearing for Judge Jones when the iat-j ish» d manner and glib tongue won
, killing young Cedron Land, a white
through the New lork Clearing ne ar town two mouths ago.
House committee, came to the aid of; Iy and was found in a field, his face, , u
District Attorney Whitman In his ef-! riddled with bird shot. It was re- eounrilmanic 'Terk, who mad© a com
forts to lay bare the alleged corrupt| p orted that he had trouble with tho 1 I\ l€,e confession after his arrest with
alliance between the police and the negro and the latter was arrested ^ eighteen aldermen In connection with
At the trial Tuesday the negro was! *> rlb f7 charges, will from now on as-
speedily convicted of "unlawful man- 8i8t lu prosecuting the aldermen,
slaughter". Judge Gilbert sentenced 1 "Schreiter lB J“ow an attache of the
him to three years in the penlten-i P r08ecutor 8 offlce: * ou m c »"
t j ar .. | him an assistant without pay, said
The spectators made no show 0 f the prosecutor. The statement was
gambling fraternity, founded on graft
and blackmail. Burns and his detec
tives are on the Job.
A virtual command was given by
the committee to all banks In the
clearing bouse to furnish the district ...
attorney with a record of deposits ] their dissatisfaction with the verdict, * Innt] '' af,,>r ,he arraignment of the
ter sought to make categorical reply‘the heart of the girl. But” her aged' th ^' ma >’ have from an / of th f hlgh and as soon as court adjourned many; A r u^i h *t
to Governor Blease. j father and mother objected. They, ‘^lals whom he district at- of the court officlal8 left. When dop- ^ ™fo 8 <’* ^r hearing on August
Judge Jones gave little time to 1 begged the girl to wait until they, ' orn "y suspects of imvlng been coiiec- uties started away with their prison-1 - • who nf th» offi
self-defense hut spent the geator part knew more of tiie man, but the cou-' t<,rH ^rkmall from the disorderly^,., they were surrounded and disarm-! . ^' r l ' ^ h ? R “ »!. the
of his fortv-fivo minute period in ex- pi, ran away from home, taking theM^nts of he city I ©d. They were held in the court-! lB '° ° o n f J?®
plaining politics which he advocates midnight train on July 31. They ar- As * result, records showing that I house while members of the mob. air"-’" 1 ' , H u rldbv
so with the poll- rived at Atlanta earlv in the morn- 1 [ w 1 llhlu ,lle '; a8t eight months Police, unmasked, took the negro out to a (" mcilmanlc officials was featured by
wee married on Thursday,! I ' ,ei Uenant Charles Becker, charged
and contrasting i li
cies comprehended in "Bloaseism ’,
though lie di dnot once mention the
governor s name
Governor iilease repeated the sub
stance of his addre-s N"wl)erry,
omitting, however, the (harg“8 there
ma'le bv him against rela'iws of
Judge Junes who live U Newberry.
Governor Blease referred again to
the attitude of i: It Tillman, senior
Fenator from South Carolina, toward
the Blense-Jones camf'aipn. "Jones
and his crowd." Blease. unit, "are try
ing to take a snfety-pin and pin Jones
onto Pen TtPman'e coat tads Edge-
field coun'y has got a man In the race
for the I'nited States Senate who
served you as Sen.Tor. as superin
tendent of ttie | eniien'-arv and for
years In conete-s He t.as dor.e much
for Sou'h Garollna
"I^inrens co-inty has gf't a young
man In the race who is honnrnhie
md worttiv of any
repos*-,f in him
Why ehr*i!d Hie Iiipes people try so
hard to hang onto Tillman’ He has
his own fight to make If tio v had a
proper respect for t ) • n.»etv *•« and for
Tillman they wou'dti f do it
"I t.on't need Tillman's endorse
ment I have proven dur'nr «he pas*
19 mon'hs ’hat 1 am as well 'Vj.i’itb 1
to be governor ns Hen T: M- m or
anybodv else Th* v sav H imp' >n
was defeated hoi a ise to *f. '-d in
s family fight and !liw< «’«■ lopg
(heir best to get T;]b:..o. <o tnterfet.
in a famiiv tigh* P.u’ ’hev are not
going to gc 1 Tiliman 1f,*o " "
The governor ge, !ar* d In 'harac-
terlstlcallv .depart lang iace. *liat
LONE BANDIT MAKES GOOD HAUL
NEAR ASHEVILLE.
Covers the Messenger and After So-
curing Valuable Package locks
Him In a Chest.
A lone train robber, masked and
armed, boarded Southern tallway
train No. 10, Spartanburg to Ashe
ville, at 10:30 Thursday night as it
was V-aving Biltmore three mile*
from Asheville, and covering the ex
press messenger, E. F. Carr of Mar
lon. with a revolver, obtained a pack
age containing $3,00/1 In bills. Th#
robber then commanded Carr to get
In the express chest, which he had
Just rifled, and locked him in it. It
Is thought that tho robber left the
train as It atoarnd up for the Ashe
ville yards.
When the train arrived at the
Asheville station exprees employees
found Carr locked in the chest. When
released the express messenger was
unable to give a description of his «
sallant. saying that the latter was
completely masked.
The train was an hour late at BHt-
more, a fact which the local police
department says the robber was
aware of
The express messenger asserts he
had just finished arranging his pack
ages. preparatory to leaving tho train
at Asheville, when ho was confront-
with the murder of Herman Rosen
thal. and accused of gambling graft
itig, aiu
the first of August by Judge Orr.
T11mv went to a Mitchell street ho
tel and remained until Sunday - , ,
thev were persuaded bv the you.u; his own name or that of ^is wife who
girl's sister-in-law to go home and, bla< ' ei) ln tho hands of the P ub *
seck the parental Messing. They did 1 ll ' I' roH ' ,c,lt,,r -
so. ami p a' li* i Brooker. Ga., Sun
•d by a in asked strar,"»i w’th a load-
street ear ' p"'’hing denunciation hurled upon
Reaching the negro quarter, tho bchreit* r by the aldoruien nvolved in revolver, .who demanded h!s rnon-
his confession. All of the accused
state-
an(k^i(h tor.i d at
trust tha* m’av (•.
it.iy. and sp* nt tiie day with tho old
1 copl<>. Monday morning tiie hus
band took the first train, and his wife
told Chief Beavers that was ’lie last
she had seen of him. That was ov-m
a week ago,
She had no idea, she told Chief
Beavers, that ho was not going to
come back, until she rereived a let
ter from him. in whirl) he sa'd that
h*' was gone forever fie wrote, she
si d. ’hat lie was sorry he had mar
ried Mr and that she need not ever
expert to see him again "\nl may
G M forgive me. he I'unelud. *l. "am-
* t■ ’ v a rid ; ear* f i !’> yours
He bad given h*-r f J *1 wti.-n they
rea, lie.! tin' farm house, and told her
that was lo buy tor trousseau The
nan had » •• c r v evil.-nre of being
_ _ passengers were ordered off the car..
when ba8 hank deposits of $58,845 In | which was taken about one hundred Mhflals lirand the Schreiter
yards farther. Then the negro was n * aB noth withstanding the
taken off the car and his body rid- prosecutor refused to give out any of
died with bullets. ' . ,ho rtMa'is of the confession.
The mob was dissatisfied with the' Assistant i’rosecutor Charles Jas-
verdict. Those composing ft thought now ski said that Alderman Thomas
that the negro ought to have foeeri l ea( R' r t be comnlon coun '
hung for his crime, which was a bru-' n '* an( ^ wb o 1® ®®1<1 to have received
* These deposits, the records show,
were first made in November, 1911,
shortly after Becker became head of
the "strong arm squad" of gambling
raiders, and continued all during the tal one. The matter will be Inveeti-
tlme that Jack Rose says he was col- gated, hut It Is doubtful if anything
I.' ting graft for Becker and until af- p, done, as the lynchers have tho In
ter ins arp-st Tin* table of deposits dorsement and sympathy of many of
as presented to the district attorney t i 10 [►eople
was as follows: |
. $29,515
4.330; MHY NOT CLAIM A LI*.
fi.nnr* ’ *
ealth.v the Ctrl said.
.< was w or’ h $(0 010*
line w as In Hven hu rg
"• •• w • I'd a pur
v’ ness
and toM lier
He sa.il li;s
\'a . and that
ait enlarging
it was then traveHng for
trg*‘ 'nvis*' He lover gave the
; - ■ ■ *• i ut li*- h. -* i a i*ox at the
*n*a pos’olfice. vvt.eje h** r*s-e,v.-d
th
Tillman w
up'’ wl’h
State
Messrs |h
on record a
twe*’n^'.b'.ts
art Iv M v *'
quisltur a '
tow nship, tia-
Bleat-- hl-Uu
lar an*l who
"Hurah f -r
!.
V <T he’ llin -1
t n ac« '-li'
d
tes in ! i'.irb u
to t'fje'jt . '.-re
and J-*t;* a ftir-o*
* Self l l' U I r •- d g-
mh tb
.1'
;v * -
it-
w 1
a
'he c'rl ,-|* home she
•r .n ! s l. Hidw r;t;i’ig
it ’o I— fur some bus-
'h<* ctl said sh<* # or-
* - > h ; s t,ox number
•*-r w is r*-' irn*--l She
<-rs " 1 uki"1 like ho
- f**- a p-irpos*-
*■ li ;s age a- ' ! . nnd !«
‘' -t v r- v ' a i! 11 has
I a dark s'l I ! v r! u s-
. * • - •!• ! a cr iuk* d
! \« - • s •he *; - a n at
' a* s. , k a di-
ar.-- .*■, I demand aii-
Gorn Kxchang* 1 Bank . .
Corn Exchange Bank. . .
Corn Exchange Bank. . .
Corn Exchange Bank . . ]o,nhu
Empire Savings Bank . . . 3,5nn
X'.'tsi Side Savings Bank . . . 3."t'<*t
I.uuoln Trust Company . . 1,5**0
Total $58,845
Tin- district attorney had been
promised r< urds of Becker's dejioslts
:n foir othi-r liariks which did not
have time to go over their accounts
and he has also discovered that Beck
er has an unknown amount of stocks,
bonds and *>»htr securities locked up
in two separate safe deposit vaults
Tha* the total value of the police lieu
tenant's as-ets will lie found to ap
proximate $2*0*.noo would be no sur
prise to the distend attorney
Keeker s ealarv as a police l|ou
let,ant was $2.25" a year Tiie aid of
th** clearing house committee was
proffered to Mr \S hitman after it he
cam** known that tils representative
had been finding some difficulty in
tracing tuckers bank accounts and
'hose of other police officers
Mr W hi'man w as ass u r* ,1 by lea-1-
Ing bankets"! •*;. *, • v *h.i’ they wen*
,'xuois. as [ uMI* sp.iiti-*) * itlzeiis.
• - ha'- *■ tlu ; - i ce fore,- p-irged of
*' s ciafti-rs and tii*' w hot*- si-;*- lal
,i
Me S .’*• uf a ha'.'
t;a 1 r«-p*.«**-dlv v, ", j
H irio-v Ev .ms.' w hi!*-
the .Vfornev-t:* nern! J Fraser l.vnn
was speaking Mr P«-ep!*-s. however,
refrain*-') f- • * xp-*-sstng himself uu
til after hi* had ascertained, fix means
of a hand ; i.Ui,.r •• that many persot.s
piesent, i*h*r than Mr Tumbiin.
wer*> interested
B B Evans, who l**ft last SaMirdav
for Bla* k Muun' itn. \ C . *li,t not
return until long after his turn to
apeak came. *. n fai t, no* un'll Just t-c-
fon- the niei’ting ended
D. W Mcl.aurin. a candidate for
Plate Tri>asur**r angrily r* fiis**d to be
committed on the Bloaso-Jurca Issue.
'Messrs Wharton, Garter, Ricliards
an*1 Gansler. were asked when* rliey
stood on this mailer, our the ques
tion was nut pressed and they all Ig-.-ut
norod IE 1 tn
\\ 11.1, ( \ BKA H< »MI ( X't NTY
Jones Will Have Big Majority in I.*n-
caster < 'mintj.
air* d an-t that ’Ih-v
* v erv aid in Ih**lr i
-a as gladly a''Ci ; 'e
'ornv w ' o r-ai-1
would give h;m
i ,* <■ r. Th .s offer
1 y the district
"I am receiving
support from the bankers of
• k v
in a p; vate li'ti*r *o the edi'i-r of
the Gr* i nw,end Journal Mr \ J
i".irk. t '1 to* I.anca**t.*r News
vvri'i-s tha’ ’ Jot,* s wilt rarrv I,an
a-'i-r county bv -* vera! hundred ma-
J- rity H>* is op.,* of tin- le st ru-n that
have tiv.d hu-rc sine J , amt* li«ri*
ov it t h Irty > i-a rs ag *
This news i, «*s; i-i tally interes’in-,*
in view of tin* fact that Gov. Bli-ase
has claimed several times that lie
would carry Lancaster county He
reiterated tin* statement in h‘s speech
Newberry In this eonncction it
■ht ho added that reports from
-; Vint
New V
The dis’rnt Ht'urni-v lias p-ceived
information that l',eik**r may have
put mon, > aw.ix in several hanks
• c- de of the ritv and if tlu-se are
it
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tr
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to us,* thHr in-
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tliotr proiiuction
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on oxpiTts that tii** aid
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b,* invaittahlo to
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g'af:
Inquiry.
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that tit** dintrlot
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old tic
for prc8**ntatii’n
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P'
IT'S to
COIIX 1
ct four police in-
Mille* Ele<-t» l‘re**iilent Taft Easily on
I’a|>or. |
Charles n Hillel, chairman of the
Republican national committee, issu
ed a statement rlalmtng that fit states'
with a total electoral vote of fist for
the Republican ticket and conceding
in states, wuh an elis-toral vote of
lit. to Uu* Democratic party He
listed four stati-s. with an electoral
vote of i t as doubtful and conceded
nr state to the Brogreeaivea i
Eidlowing are figures submitted by
Mr Hilles In what tie calls a pre
liminary survey of tin* political situa
tion
Claimed by Republicans Colorado.'
•'*. C ,|i nect I e u t, 7 Delaware, fi, Ida-
iio. 4 Illinois. 2 3 Indiana. 15.
Iowa. 12 Kansas. 1" Kent ink v. ifi;
'lain,* *1. Maryland. V M assaih us ■
• tts, tv. Michigan. 15; Minnesota.
12. Missouri 1' Muntnna. t Neva
da. 2.. New Hanipsh-re 1 New ti-r
si v , 11 New Mix - *. 4 . New York,'
4 5 North Dako’i Ohro 24 Ore
gon 5 Eetinsxlv ir a 0 x Ithodi- is
land 5 Soutfi Dakota r**nni'ssee,
12. I tal*. I. Yernmut. t. Washing-
t ». 7. West Virginia. *> Wiscoi.si:.
15. \\ yomii.g, it Total. ' 4.
Conceded to Democrats Alabama,
12' Arkansas. 9. Florida. 5. Georgia.
II. l/ouisiana. 10; Mississippi, 10;
North Carolina. 12: -South Carolina,
9. Texas, 2". Virginia. 12. Total,
1 1 1
Elsted as doti’-'Gi! Arizona. 2,
Califotnla. 12. Oklahoma. 10. Ne
braska. v Total. 2 1
Mr Hilles a!su said that the new
Progressive par’v would draw no
more heavily from the Republican
party tliau from the Democratic par-
! ty , , \
CHANtiED HY CON VFUSION.
HleasHtf** Got Ih-li^iun anil Bocanu*
JmiositeH.
oy. Carr says tha robber than bound
his hands and forced him to get Into
tho chest, which he locked.
The alarm was quickly given and
several policemen were sent towards
Rlltmoro on a special train. Other
members of the force boarded train
No. 35 which leaves Asheville at
10:50. It was thought that the rob
ber might have attempted to eacape
on this train. A mldnlgtit the police
and express officlaJa were atlll with
out a clue.
Carr up to July 21 was a dark In
the Southern Express office af Ma
rlon, N. C.. when he waa given the
run from Columbia, S C.. to Ashe
ville.
OuO bribe money from a detective
in the Wabash Railroad street dot
ing case, has repeatedly confirmed hla
confession.
All of tha aldermen are charged
with having been Implicated In a plot
t force the Wabash Railroad to pay
them various sums for their Influence
In putting through the council a rea-
olutlon closing a city street for the
benefit of the railroad company
It is declared that nine of the al
dermen actually received bribes, not,
however, from & railroad official, hut Addressed to a t oung Lady Rut tioea
from a detective who posed aa such
INFERNAL MACHINE EXPLODES.
Two Children,
Jut Left Her
curred. — 1
Lodged In Jail flat $4i
In a cell nt the pel toe
Nashville, where she spent the \
charged with tha mnrdnr Oft <
Alva Cave, a widow aged^
0. J. Jones, aged twenty-tow,
day morning refused to
tragedy until her artslgnamt,*
Mrs. Jones want tn an Mm
Mrs. Cave Wednesday night 5
her twice, one ballnt entering
heart. Mrs. Cave died tn a few
utes. Mrs. Jones waa
route to the police station a
dor.
Jealouay la aald to hare be
cause of the tragedy. tMxa.
some time ago filed auit for
divorce and la aaid to hare bean lie*
Ing apart from her huabaad.
Mrs. Cave waa the widow of ;
Gave, a son of Rev. R, L. Cave,
lam of the linlted Confederate. Vet
erans, a Nashville minister.
Mrs. Cave's husband
two years ago and at the time of
shooting, she and her two ehUdrea^ a
girl of five and a tjoy jxt two,
making their home with ner meaner.
Mrs. Sophie Letahoas. Mrs, Cave
waa noted for her beeety.
Other members of the family mem
in the rear of the house when thn
tragedy occurred, the Itttte hoy herr
ing climbed down from Mi mother's
Up just aa Mrs. Jonea entered the
gate.
Mrs. Jonee heard at the poHee ela
tion that her aim hod heea fatal.
She raised her head a an arfmt: "li
she dead?” When mb
Cava wda deed, a alight
ed her face. She waa perfs
aa aha answered questions.
At a Ute hour Thnrsdhy
Jones bad not beta to tht
Tin* nine others. It is charged, agreed
to accept certain sums but failed to
"collect" nt an appointed time.
According to the prosecution the
trap was sprung a short time after
n:n<« aldermen were bribed and also
after the time for the others to re
house to aae his wife. Defer
off Beforo Time. marriage Mrs. Jonas wee Mini
n ,, „ . , . , . Hooper, a daughter of J. J|* H*
Police officials, who have closely >n employee of tha Naahv|])e
road and Light co
examined the remains of lbs Infernal
machine which was Intended for Mlsa
Oille Hoover but exploded In the
hands of the express agent at High
Point, N C Saturday afternoon, aer-
ccixe their sharo of the money had i lously injuring himself and assistant,
• -.xpin d. Prosecuting Attorney 8hep-j are wondering whether E. R. Mcln-
1 ,-rd and the detective claim that tyre, who Is charged with sending
marked bills were found on several ofi the machine and for wnom the po
lice are now searching, made the
tl.*• ald-rrui-n after they had been ar-
r* stud and searched
Tii** nine aldermen arrested last
Friday on charges of accepting bribes
but for whom no formal warrants
have teen ia«ued as yet, are : David
Rosenthal, A A Delm<*l, Louis Tossy,
Martin Ostrowskl, Jos. 1, Theleon,
Louis H-roro Andrew. J Walsh, Frank
Mason and Thomas E GMnman ( pres-
olelit of I lie * mint y )
machine himself or secured It from
some other source No one but an
Ingenious mechanic could have con
structed such a device.
The machine was In a box within a
box In the Inside box, nicely bront-
ed and covered with a binged and
buckled lid, was a revolving cylinder
stuck full of math heads like teeth
tn a threshing machine cylinder.
Warrants ( barging a promise lojthat would iGgnite the powder when
Hi * '■; t bribes were Issued lates Tuea- m-ned around by the opening of the
box lid
Still another device at the side of
pta-n i-krziki, Patrick O Brlen,^u ie box, made out of small hand-
"Crentlemon." Raid Mr IVoplep, "I N*-wherry an* to tho ofToi-t that tho
have always Noon tho friend of ♦ho ponlltnont In that rni Tn*y is very much
Hon Colo I, BleaHo, and I see no r»*a- dividt-d. It is bolloved. according to
BO n— - ^ roports. that Gov. Bb-aso's majority
That was enough for inquisitors in hts homo county will ho very small,j -
who raisod a shout, "Hurrah for If lit* carries it at all.
Bloaao and IT;epics." I, ■*•"*-*
Mr Earlo said. "If you want to] MO.NKI-.S fi* TAKE SHIP.
know wiior** 1 stand I have voted as] ♦
a rule with Governor Blease on his]nj m i, i n Rigginfr to tlu* Great An-
vetoos.
s.-eotors on tii** I'liarge of collecting]
li)ackiii;*.li fia'in gamliling houses and I
ihsonli-rh ri-Horis. These four men | Tiie Spartanburg H<'rnld says: At
are all aware, it is said, of the nature Buck Gioek Ghur* h. tn Gherok* *
o’ the eviJt-nct* and have been trying j township, a. revival service has boon
to cover tholr tracks. Thus far the! under way which ha** profoundly stir- Sisters
state's investigators have uncovered red the people from G l i**roVe» Rpr'ne'G
h",:k nreouMtR of two totalling *75,-1 to GllesneO Nllinliers of men have
j been Indued to profess ( tiristianity Afr**r having lived at New Orleans
murder indictments• and join the church. One of the f ()r .n^veiuecn years, the last yoar
\ IM* grand jury were not handed I curious features of th** revival is 4 he * u it llin a block of each other, Airs.
J *' for tiie (ollowing aldfir<nen
\\ ll ;uu Ko*-nlg. \\ m H C. Hindle
9
ID* liard M V* at son, Thomas I.ynch,l HHWB waB ad justed that th® opon-
i.eo H Ellis. Jos Merritt, Wm. F j nR c> f the box lid would rrat© thro®
to by E dward R Schreiter, former 1 Bawf) ''«gain8t another row of match®®
rn by Edward R GchreR«r. former - raBtont .j l0 tha bt(1PB or the lnner
R<'cr«;ary of the council committees, ]
also chavged with bribery who roMJB^ B yet. for som** unknown reason,
r.*nt;ly mado to th® prosecutor fn'-,** that w ,ui to fire th® cap on
the ltd ter termed a full conferofll.] B t|ck of dvnamlte failed to do its
No warrant fo^achreiter s arrrownas ( j ea( j|y wor j c
la-ell issued^ . ] t ^ %
’I ‘ s case Was'worke\ up by Burns!
.•ir.-' liis detectiy^K^ho posed as ra!l-|
mad ini®,'*snd had conversations!
with thf^ aldermen reeordf*d by the
*1'-'.urraph. which was concealed in
the room as In the case of Nlcho's at
Fpa r 'antoirg. The Glerk and several
**;' tho aiJ.Tmen have confessed that
they incepted graft as Bums charge
they dtil, and will be prosecuted by
tho city.
HIDDEN TRKASI HF POI ND.
Ten Thousand Dollars Ran Upon in
an Old House.
ti.".nk accounts of two totalling $
The expected
lit® grand Jury were not handed I curious features of th** rcvi.-al is ihe
down owing to the tiino’taken up by! fact that ardent supporters of Gov-j ^deb* Golunibus Antau
testimony of various witnesses. Ono'ernor Blease, ujwn b*-inv converted.! y*,,},.
those was Jack Rose, who, it was have renounced their alieflance to
I have th** manhood to vote
for what 1 believe to be right. He
and 1 were in tho general assembly
together for years and he and I wore
usually on th,* same side. When hei
vetoed those afipropriations I voted]
to sustain him, and I am willing to
do so again.”
Mr. McLaurin told his questioner
that if ho did not desist from annoy
ing him he would have him arrested.
"You go ask Jones and Blease who
they are going to vote for,", he said,
"and I'll tell you how I'm 'going to
vote. If you had as much sense as
you have got mouth you wouldn’t ask
, 'I fi ID
T*-n thotrsand dollars In gold, be
lieved to have been hidden by Wil
liam Anderson, a bandit wbo terror
ized Cenfal Missouri immediately
after the civil war. has been found
in tii** old Manor Hou o o on what was
the plantation of William Burch, In
Howard Coupty. Missouri, and which
now is th<* property of C. E. Yancey,
of Liioerty *v Employees of Mr. Yan-
cey are remodeling the bid house.
According to those from which the
storv of the death of Anderson comes
in Ikf.k, he was wounded after rob-
hlng a Gentral Missouri bank and
and Mrs. j stopped that night In t be manor
Cl embus Algero, sisters, met] house of the* Burch plantation, dying
‘av for the first time in 30'several days later. It was in the
MEET AFTER THIRTY YEARM.
Although On Sam® Block
Didn’t See Each orher.
noyance of Sailors.
i.arned, held the jury spellbound for j the Governor and become supporters i y „ arB They were separated when* room In which the bandit slept that
two hours when he repeated the eon-; of Judge Jones. A fervid meeting, cI . ildrtn in Havanna and had remain-'the money was found. /
T Iip vovTE-e of the Mtr . ; *' > ' 8iou of b 13 P art 111 I be in urder plot | recen t lx lasted until late at night.| PC j i:l ignorance of the whereabouts j,
The xoxage of the ©’P ' m ,and his alleged graft relations with'As soon as a Blenseite got
freigh^r Egremont Castle, From the |j | ,, ) | (Miant p, ( , r k,.r. j he became a Jones man.
far east. <'amo iioar being one long, (> no 0 f the jurors is reported toi man who was in the ci
nightmare. | >, av ,, remarked that he had not heard] religion continued to ajiri
I orty-one motiKeys were CtaMi onj t | 1e P q ua j 0 f story portrayed in
hoard at an eastern port. They re- !an y nododrama. The one additional
fused to answer the dinner bell, they f a( q n f importance which Rose added
swarmed in the rigging hopelessly tr) ^jg p r p V ious accusations that Beck-
tangling any loose ends of.rope they 0 ~ hj !nH( qf was, In effect, the paymas-
could find, swung on the whistle rope, j pr 0 f murder crew. When Beck-
sending forth blasts of the siren in ^r itrldeie Webber and Rose met In
tiie dead or night; rifled the gall'ry; f nm t 0 f ^i lirra y jjju k a ths on the
sitedves ami upset everything that
me such a question. Wouldn’t fbe! waS nnt nailc(1 down '
a prettv fool to come before the peo-j Freedom of the ship had been gi*
pie asking for such an office as that Ranted to the monkeys to keep them ev
of State Treasurer with "Blease" or In better health, but ( aptain S:nih| w
Jones" branded across my breast? if finally ordered hem c.aught and put, passed it on to “Gyp the Blood" and a
back in the cages, This resulted in, his three thug companions.
religion ()f t ,. ir h other until a chance meeting
' an ' j . ^r!*j 1 At a factory, where they had sought
■tty said t tat 'f, |.mpioynient| one because she was a
, , . , spread in her-i w) ^ ow a f am (jy t 0 ®upp 0r t t the
okee township there would not lie t 1 0 ft 1( . r because her husband was out
Bleaseite left.
Stabs Wife With Knife.
At Nashville, Ind., thinking his
wife a burglar, Harvey Trover stab
bed her In the back early Tuesday,
morning of tiie murder, according to, anc * sbo P roba bly will die. According
Rose, Becker borrowed from "Brld-!* 0 ibeir statements they were awak
Webber the $1,000
of employment. A similarity in ap
pearance attracted each to the oth
er and questions disclosed their iden
tity
'i i
PLAGUE RAT AT KEY WEST.
-+ —
Animal. Said to he Infected .With
Dread Bubonir.
. Washington, A suspected plague
infected rat has ben captured at Key
West Fla., according to advices to the
public health service.
Secrealry MacVeagh on Wednes
day sent Dr. John F. Anderson, direc
tor of the hygienic laboratory here
Tore Fourteen $20 Bills Up.
After she had torn into shreds sev
- ra A.!i i 1 ?*?..!.™™; to the Florida port to cooperate with
king final
was a ma nbefore either of them;
and I bore myself as a man.’
1
South to See Warships.
bi^d mon-^n^ b - v a nni8fi as , lf tb " re w a8 an ln ’ a window, Mrs. J^nie Lieberwlth,! ^e^state‘officuis Tn
v" in large bills, handed It to Ro8e, :,ru ^ or ,n I* 10 darkened room Both sixty years old, of No. 168 Tompkins, plague tjacillus was
- ho handed it to Schtpps, who then 41080 4n( i the husband, armed with avenue, W illiamsburg, N. Y., ^ 48 dj 8C overed on the rat AUg. 6.
- - J *'•- —Tuesday taken to Kings Cuunty Hos
pital for observation as to her #an-
the death of Ifi.
Child still Missing. » z- ,,
„ , , , . Sixtv-four years a resident of C&li-
Sprrelary -Meyer announced Tnea- and ,i E hty-one year, oW. Mary
At
Wants to Vote Before She Dies.
butcher knife, stabbed the wife
whop they rah against'each other.
day that some time this fall or win
ter he wo
pie the magnificent Atlantic fleet af i 0( ^ f rom their home in Charloote ear
Dog Beats Women to Yoting.
A pedigreed bull dog was voted in
place of a negro voter in the election
of Representative Jamts A. Hughes,
Josephine Melvin, born in Ireland,; |^ e p U ^]j can 0 f West Virginia, ac-
ity. She had destroyed fourteen of
the bills in an $800 rolj when discov
ered.
Aviator Has Clds® Call.
some time tnts rail or win-:,„o,hinty from their five-vear *****'**“**'*.] Kepunncan, or \x esi Virginia, ac-' Ideutenant Foulers, of Ihe United
uld show the Southern peo-' *a „„„ „. hn mvsteriouslv disannear- 1 ai,I,earecl ln San Francl8C0 ' ^ a ’ * an(1 ] cording to the report prepared by the States aviation corps, probably es-
—* -* 01(1 8on ' wb0 mysteriously disappear took out her flrgt paperg to b e 00 me Ifoufte Committee investigating raped serious injury or detRh as if
a citizen. She declares she has lived Hughts’ election. The report will ar- by a miracle when his biplane, upon
as many as the principal harbors of
the South Atlantic and gulf coasts as
the dreadnoughts can enter or even
approach within reasonable distance.
Thief Onc<?*£ Jockey
Ranked when a boy as the premier
jockey of the American Jurf, with
earnings of $50,000 a year, Grover
Cleveland Fuller, who is still only 25
years old limped before Judge Crain
In General Suasions Tbnrsday In New
pl®ad to an indictment charging theft
of a watch.
ly Wednesday morning. The police
and friends of tho family are tend-
bendirtg every effort to find a clue
as to the whereabouts of the child.
Cat Causes Infant Paralysis?
Officials of the Springfield Mass.,
health department believe they have
traced the source of infantile ilaral-
ysis to the house of cat. Th® in
spectors have diacovered several well
developed cases in cats and will send
the affected animals to Boston for ob
servation.
Shows a Groat, Change.
A careful poli of the votes of Pac-
olet precinct in Spartanburg County
shows the following result: Jones,
101; Blease, 6. The vote two years
ago was: Feathtsrstone, 39; Blease,
52. ' 2
Music Teacher Killed.
Jonee is said not to
UATly employed
hla home with a brother
•oft drink stand.
A reference to the
a divorce bill bed
STANDS BT HU
Mr. K. L.
Mr E L. Archer, Chalrmaa ef tfco
Spartanburg County
eeutlve Committee, la aa
Keidville, aald that Maleolai
a friend of Governor Bleaaa,
pointed treasurer of the
County Democracy two yeara ago
the instance of T. R. Trtamler, vhM
guaranteed a correct aettlemeaf. ^
When Bowden wm called apoa «•
turn his books over to hte n rea fir
elected succroaor he would aot 4a ae
until threatened with
readings. Finally He
the hooka but they showad a
age of $297, aald Mr. Arehar,
ing to Bowden’e own flgnrpa.
It waa because of
that all the election meniaara wera
not paid two yeara ago. Mr. Arehar
said he felt morally bound to mate
rood the $297 deficit out of hla ©w»,
pocket and would do eo.
"You aay." continued Mr. Arehar,
"why don't you prosecute him? Whea
we went to look for him we foaad
him in Columbia. And what waa te
doing there? Monkeying with Got.
Bleaae. What'e the uee to proeseata
a man when he haa got bin pardea
beforehand?” *
Bowden is the man whom Bleaaa
appointed as m aglet rate, contrary ta
the recommendation of the Spartan
burg county delegation, to til tte
p'ace of Magistrate A. H. Kirby, aa
cld Confederate vettran.
FIRE BUGS CAUSE PANIC.
Among the Workmen la a Big la-
diana Powder M11L
Thousands of lightning huge eaaa*
ed terror among workmen employed
in the powder mills at
dtana, following a thunderstorm.
1 title Insects, driven from the ma
e® by tha atnrm, eattlad *
a tank containing several hnadrad
gallons of nltro-glyoerlna. Tha aide
pioycos saw the brllUantly Iliumlaat-
rd bugs near the great tank aad Im
mediately Mattered, runaipg terror*
stricken in all directions in the
that the tank would exploda. II ra-l
quired nearly an hour for. foreaMI
the mills to dispel the fean of
employees and &et them to retem fV}
work. .“* ■ - .
Wfv
Carpenter Left a Fiji tana
Sick and alone la-hla poorly
nlshed home, W. H. Spencer, a
penter, sixty years bid.
to see the dawn of freedom for wo
men and she wants to vote before
she dies.
Will This Habit Spread?
Steps are being takea against thp
"big hat evil” by the mile visitors of
the motion picture theaters in a near
by city. According to an ordinance
range franchise conditions in Hughes’
district, it is said.
Vice Consul Was
A dispatch from
©red
bla says
that the death of William B. McMaa-
ter, the United States Vice consul a t
Cartagena, whose body, riddled with
gunshot was found a few miles out
side of that city Monday, has prov-
ianding. hit a stone wall Wednesday
at Stratford. Conn. The machlpo was
smashed, but the army aviator was
unhurt.
Tuesday at Sanfranclaeo that te Ji
heir to a fortune of
Isaac Spencer, an uncle, who
cently in New Lexington, O.
Aged Man Gqavlcted.
WiiUtam Kennedy agte 91
day was convited of murder la
iraey
In the arrest late Monday night ofj j 1 !"®* de Kr 8 e f<> r
a negro named H. J. Jones, fifty-five killing
passed by city council in 1899, all
ladies must repgbvtf their hats while cd without doubt that he was murder
in the theater'before and After the
performance hai begun.
ed. There are no clue* to the slay
ers.
Over one Hundred Perish.
A tremendous hurricane that swept
the Spanish coast has caused heavy
life and property lose. Fourteen
Bilboa fishing boats capsized- during
the worst storm and at least 119 sail
ors perished. All coast towns suff
ered from the gale.
years old. the police believe have
the murderer of Miss Signs Carlxen,
the music teacher who was killed Fri
day In Aprora. a suburb of Denver.
five Prisoners Escape.
Five prisoners escaped over the
high will of the Ohio penitentiary at
Columbus Tuesday- One of the pris
oners was shot and another was eap-
turod. Three mad* % clean get-away.
his grandshn, Sara Kenaedy, .
noted Prorce-KenBroy fM4 M
aton Ala.
Bailor* L
crril> j c
Two sailors perished
quantity, of oil destfdjN
Standard oft steamer &
gather with thro*
burned
ercy! _
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